Mower County transcript., 1887-12-14


THOMAS j. ELLIS, JR, shot his wife at
sKeoknk, Ia, on the 8th and then killed
himself Domestic trouble was the cause
Ar an exhibition performance In New
York on the 8th several children Of about
nine years old displayed wonderful ability
as piano players, some almost eQualtng
Joseph Hoffman, the boy who has been ore
at'ng sensation. VI :a@5
The Barnhill Coal Company of Cleveland,
O., failed on the 8tl for $12O, OOO
The typhoid fever epidemic continues to
spread In Pittsburgh, Pa Thirty four new,
cases were reported on the 8sh 8isss @5.s:.
Buna1ARs on; the 8th entered the store OF
Martin d Son at Portia, Ark, and stole
81, 200 in cash and several Thousand dollars
In securitleA $S#.S:a y y. : 7 + +. 55s55F s y II
nrRED1TH 4 ALTMAN, bankers at silver
City, N. NJ, failed on the Sth for large
amount a.. <%-, y 4..> < .
AT a meeting of the National Committee
Of the Union Veteran Legion on the 9th at
Pittsburgh, Pa, 1t was voted to hold the
next National meeting at Youngstown, .. ),
February % next @ @ : r. n p !
A BONN was found ON the Sth at Logans-
port, Ind, in box OF holiday goods sent
from Chicago to Al Quaaley, Of that city:
HEAVY rains we're reported throughout
Southern Texas ON the 9th, breaking the
drought and saving the wheat CROP.
A FIRE on the 8th In Great Bend, N Y,
destroyed several of the best business
houses The loss was heavy.
On the steps of the Reformed Church at
hvington, N. j., a dynamite bomb with fuse
attachment was found on the 8Ih An un-
successful attempt had been made to OK.
plode the internal machine.
THREE negroes, Adam Charles, Andy
Miller and William Smith, who had as
saulted Minnie Myers, ten-year-old girl,
were caught by party of whites and
blacks on the 9Th near Rives. Tenn, and
hanged
JOHN RIDER and William Nichols were
killed in mine No 8, near Ashvllle, Ind, on
the Sth, and hve others were seriously
burned by an explosion IN the Anchor mine.
In his annual report on the 9Th Secretary
of the Navy Whitney says the appropriation
for the department. for the last fiscal year
amounted to Sis, 1S9. 900, and the balance
available at the end of that period was
1884, 800, WHICH had been reduced by De-
oember to $l64. 500. The appropri,t ons
for the current fiscal year amount to $26,-
1S2, 1000, and the estimates for the year
ending June 80, 1850, to $23. .427. 900
On the 9Th Brakemen Kline and Holmes
Northern Pacific road near Kimberly, Mimi
and Engineer Travis was fatally scalded
AMOS G. MoCAMpBEL1 l. Co, bucket-shop
brokers, of Louisville, KY, suspended on
the 9Th. The concern had branches in the
principal cities throughout the West and
South,
CRUISE RoDER1QUEZ was hanged on the 9th
at Uvalde, Tex, for the murder of Pancho
Garcia He protested his innocence to the
last
Ar Cincinnati on the 9th Baseball Re-
porters' Association was formed, with
George Munson, of st. Louis, as president
THE American Fishery Union held = NEE
ing on the 9th at Gloucester, Masa, to con-
slider the best course to adopt in the inter-
est Of the fisheriea
Up to the 9th rain had fallen continuously
for ten days at Ashmore. ILL.,, and the high
ways were impossible and business was
virtually suspended
A VALUABLE horse in Chicago died on the
9th from hydrophobia, caused by the bite OF
dog.
A GANG of horse-thieves at Bear City,
Kan, was attacked by citizens on the 9th,
and three Of the former were killed
The jury ir the case of John Arensdorf,
on trial at Sioux City, Ia, for the murder of
enot guilty" on the 9th.
A1FRED l. FLocKEN, book-keeper for Se-
comb, Keiew d Co., of Boston, WIS arrested
on the 8 h for embezzling $9, 600 of the
firms funds
The tableware workmen in nineteen flint
glass factories at Pittsburgh, Pa, to the
number Of four: cen hundred, were on tie
9th ordered to strike because the rules and
scale adopted by the manufacturers did not
suit them.
DURING the seven days ended on the 9th
there were 238 business failures in the
United States, against 215 the previous
seven days
OFF Lewes, Del, on the 9th the steamer
Algiers struck and sunk the schooner Nellie
s. Jernell, three Of the lattsr's crew being
drowned. ;,
Tm regiment sent from Cleveland to
Fairport, O.. on account Of the ore-handlers
strike, arrived there on the 9th. Ten of ihe
leaders among the strikers had been ar
rested and new laborers had gone to work
under the protection of the troops.
TIE Rad river at Elmwood, Tex. over
flowed its banks on the Oh, destroying .
large portion of the cotton crop in that
vicinity.
MASKED men on the 9th dragged Mrs
Kingston-Brown and her eighteen year-old
son from their home at East Bernard, Col
and murdered them No cause was known
for the crime.
TIE manufacturers Of rubber boots and
shoes unit-d in trust In a meeting at Bos-
ton ON the 9th.
THE Illinois Railroad and Warehouse Com
missioners fled report with the Governor
on the 9th upon the Chatsworth railroad
disaster, oensuring the Toledo. Peoria 4
Western railroad management for noJ keep
ing itself informed OF the condition of it's
tracks - =, 3. = q. =.
A cURsoRY examination on tho 9th Of the
books OF Dubois County, Ind showed tr-
Irregularities dur ,ng the past eight years
amounting to $40, ,OOO i t. .s3t,17.
TIE case of Johann Most has been ap-
pealed. to the New York Supreme Court,
and the Anarchist was released on the 9th
in $5, 900 bail '.y,&:.:.
TIE next National encampment of the
Grand Army of the Republic will be held at
Columbus, O., during the second week Of
September ..r
VI PERSONAL AND PoLlTlCALs.
THE President on tue 9th SENT the follow
ing nominations to the Senate: Luoius @
G. l.. mar, Of Mississippi, to be Justice Of tho
TTnitad StataA Supreme Court: William ID.